Greene County, Missouri’s new Public Safety Center designed to withstand tornadoes

Springfield, MO (November 30, 2011) – Springfield, Missouri, is only 73 miles from Joplin, where a deadly EF-5 tornado killed 162 people earlier this year. Although it is difficult to know when and where one of these deadly tornadoes will hit, Springfield and the surrounding communities can be comforted knowing their community’s new emergency operations and communication center is built to survive manmade and natural disasters, including EF-5 tornadoes – a category reserved for only the fiercest and most devastating of tornadoes.